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who th >> ronald reagan. >> ronald reagan. >> number one. >> who did they put number two? >> i'm going have to cheat. bill clinton. isn't that interestg. >> number three. franklin roosevelt. so as far as barack obama, by e way, barack obama scored mid len thpo inst i mean maybe not for people today because he obviously is very popular cerinly with democrats, but for historians to choose a living president. >> they chose him as number ten of the20. e list just below ronald reagan. but it is interesting. the popular people put him in the middle of achievements. it was one of the top ten in the country, so they excludedeorge w. bush. toyeg they excluded george herbert walker bush who i personally thing they deserved more credit than they got. the popular vote excluded woodrow wilson. woodrow wson charted arican hiy t nea >> what do you make of the breakdown if you look at the list that's used democratic. out of ten, only three are republicans. >> yeah. i mean the people, four were republicans, but wi biand large you have toook at who the puican a yo a g warren harding who was
who th >> ronald reagan. >> ronald reagan. >> number one. >> who did they put number two? >> i'm going have to cheat. bill clinton. isn't that interestg. >> number three. franklin roosevelt. so as far as barack obama, by e way, barack obama scored mid len thpo inst i mean maybe not for people today because he obviously is very popular cerinly with democrats, but for historians to choose a living president. >> they chose him as number ten of the20. e...
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the incumbent was ronald reagan and got his clock cleaned by mondale. trying to win the first debates against their challengers was 0-3. the next time an incumbent president is facing a challenger is 1992. the incumbent president is george h.w. bush. his major party challenger is a young man from arkansas. there's also this other guy with the big ears and it's the other guy with the big ears who wins the first debate. >> the day after, victory for perot. clinton hold his own. trouble for the president. there's no one scorecard for determining who won and who lost last night, but a consensus does seem to be emerging. ross perot, the star of the night because no one knew what to expect. bill clinton just good enough. and president bush, he'll have to do much better. >> by morning, what had been last night's analysis had become conventional wiwisdom. in the headlines. on the "today" show. >> clinton did what he had to do and bush did not. >> and in instant polls. >> those polls show the president finishing third among people who watched the first debate. >
the incumbent was ronald reagan and got his clock cleaned by mondale. trying to win the first debates against their challengers was 0-3. the next time an incumbent president is facing a challenger is 1992. the incumbent president is george h.w. bush. his major party challenger is a young man from arkansas. there's also this other guy with the big ears and it's the other guy with the big ears who wins the first debate. >> the day after, victory for perot. clinton hold his own. trouble for...
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mitt romney is not ronald reagan. what was striking is how many republicans were willing to say on the record that the comparison just doesn't cut the mustard. those things you just mentioned. the economy is so much weaker, very different electorate. ronald reagan didn't have a tough primary battle the way that mitt romney did. but the biggest difference between these two elections is that the country was so different then. the south was still considered democratic. it was only beginning to trend republican. so the week before the election, you had ronald reagan c campaigning in new york city trying to win new york. jimmy carter was campaigning in texas, unimaginable today. it was a very different map, and that's one of the reasons that it's so hard for romney to win this election. what's amazing is we've seen republicans make this ronald reagan comparison before. about four years ago when john mccain fell in the polls, his people also trying to draw that comparison. >> to your point, let me put up the screen on the r
mitt romney is not ronald reagan. what was striking is how many republicans were willing to say on the record that the comparison just doesn't cut the mustard. those things you just mentioned. the economy is so much weaker, very different electorate. ronald reagan didn't have a tough primary battle the way that mitt romney did. but the biggest difference between these two elections is that the country was so different then. the south was still considered democratic. it was only beginning to...
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but i thought we were past the ronald reagan stuff. ronald reagan son endorsed newt, and nancy reagan said we are handing off the mantle from reagan to newt. and let's put that aside for a minute. here is the underlying issue. our country is in deep trouble. this is where i am coming from. our country is possibly on the brink. we have to make basic divisions. our economy stopped, and for all practical purposes i think the fed indicated they expected that to happen in the foreseeable future with the interest rate statementhat they made the other day. we're in serious trouble. we have a president that is out there now trying to divide the american people and mislead the american people, saying good news, we are importing less oil than before, and it's because of the obama recession that we're importing less oil. that's like congratulating a sick person for losing weight. we have to have somebody who is tough who can challenge obama on the policies but the under pendings of the policies. we don't need a data processor, but we need somebod
but i thought we were past the ronald reagan stuff. ronald reagan son endorsed newt, and nancy reagan said we are handing off the mantle from reagan to newt. and let's put that aside for a minute. here is the underlying issue. our country is in deep trouble. this is where i am coming from. our country is possibly on the brink. we have to make basic divisions. our economy stopped, and for all practical purposes i think the fed indicated they expected that to happen in the foreseeable future with...
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this shows the net change in government spending under president ronald reagan and president obama in their first terms. here's the reagan line. here's the obama line. they are so concerned about government spending. take a look at the red line. spending goes way up under president reagan. look at the blue line, where does it go? spending ticks up under president obama but then drops. keep in mind both of these presidents had to do what? get out of a recession. but president obama was saddled with the great recession. and he had a lot of help, too, didn't he? let's look at another chart. the first terms of these five presidents, the blue line, light blue line is bill clinton's presidency. with the net change in government spending less than 3%. but look at the red lines, reagan, 12% growth in government spending. bush, 41%. 6% for bush 43, a net increase of 12%. all this government spending has a stimulative effect. when the republicans are in the oval office, no big deal they are happy to help their president kick start the economy with spending. but when it's a democrat in the oval
this shows the net change in government spending under president ronald reagan and president obama in their first terms. here's the reagan line. here's the obama line. they are so concerned about government spending. take a look at the red line. spending goes way up under president reagan. look at the blue line, where does it go? spending ticks up under president obama but then drops. keep in mind both of these presidents had to do what? get out of a recession. but president obama was saddled...
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not even ronald reagan could sell that. instead, reagan preached about the need for tax fairness nearly 30 years ago. >> we're going to close the unproductive tax loopholes that allow some of the truly wealthy to avoid paying their fair share. in theory some were understandable, but in practice they sometimes made it possible for millionaires to pay nothing. while a bus driver was paying 10% of his salary. and that's crazy. do you think the millionaire ought to pay more in taxes than the bus driver or less? >> the details in romney's tax returns are at odds with the fiscal beliefs of his own running mate. romney's returns show holdings in many foreign accounts including ireland and the cayman islands. in 2010, let's roll it back. in 2010, vice presidential running mate paul ryan told the truth about offshore accounts. >> we don't want to have a situation where we are penalizing businesses for keeping their money, their capitol capital, their headquarters and their manufacturing facilities in america. so then rather than hav
not even ronald reagan could sell that. instead, reagan preached about the need for tax fairness nearly 30 years ago. >> we're going to close the unproductive tax loopholes that allow some of the truly wealthy to avoid paying their fair share. in theory some were understandable, but in practice they sometimes made it possible for millionaires to pay nothing. while a bus driver was paying 10% of his salary. and that's crazy. do you think the millionaire ought to pay more in taxes than the...
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ronald reagan, country came first, not elections. >> in the spotlight tonight, romney as reagan. earlier this week, jeb bush questioned whether either his father, george h.w. bush, or ronald reagan, could get the republican presidential nomination today, saying, back to my dad's time and ronald reagan's time, they got a lot of stuff done with a lot of bipartisan support. reagan would be criticized for doing the things that he did. some republicans took issue with those comments, including former minnesota governor and current vice presidential contender, tim pawlenty, who called mitt romney reagan-esque this morning on "morning joe." >> you know, we just nominated mitt romney, or presumptively nominated mitt romney, who is in the reagan tradition. a conservative with a conservative record, governed effectively in a blue state, working across the aisle. somebody who's produced results. so to look at that and just say, you know, the party wouldn't be capable of endorsing a ronald reagan-type figure today, i think mitt romney is a ronald reagan-type figure. >> last night, fox news's
ronald reagan, country came first, not elections. >> in the spotlight tonight, romney as reagan. earlier this week, jeb bush questioned whether either his father, george h.w. bush, or ronald reagan, could get the republican presidential nomination today, saying, back to my dad's time and ronald reagan's time, they got a lot of stuff done with a lot of bipartisan support. reagan would be criticized for doing the things that he did. some republicans took issue with those comments, including...
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reagan. but it's notable that he's even trying in a campaign that's bn wig abl to engage america in the larger world. he's finally trying to do it. in terms of what they're going to do, on even just say the issue of war we're in right now, they he reay bn uil ge ybe iseans they'll start. so far, i mean, famously mr. romney didn't mention the war in afghanistan at all. he explained in speeches like that you don't go through a laundry list. you go through things that are important. the war sn'tmptant to it nus scill afghanistan. here's another one. if you go to mitt romney's website right now and you type the word drones into the search box on the website because you want to kn his position. you will find three results. three. onresult is mr.omney cricg maft a drone crashed in iran. then there's a policy paper criticizing the obama administration for talking about drones to news outlets like "the new york times" and you have one of the iures for killing osama bin laden. if you want to know what
reagan. but it's notable that he's even trying in a campaign that's bn wig abl to engage america in the larger world. he's finally trying to do it. in terms of what they're going to do, on even just say the issue of war we're in right now, they he reay bn uil ge ybe iseans they'll start. so far, i mean, famously mr. romney didn't mention the war in afghanistan at all. he explained in speeches like that you don't go through a laundry list. you go through things that are important. the war...
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. >> ronald reagan did not do this. i served with ronald reagan. ronald reagan had a massive tax cut and it did not work he ended up raising taxes 11 times. ronald reagan did not do this. ronald reagan couldn't even be the standard bearer this time based on what he did. >> it is so true that ronald reagan could not possibly win the nomination this year among republicans since he actually raised taxes as governor and president. >> and would be hard even with his reputation now as the ultimate cold warrior. he could never have gone out there saying, as mitt romney did, well they kept the drones and we should go in there and bomb the place or invade. that was mitt romney's position in the primaries. ronald reagan never took those positions. well, there was grenada. there was such a wide gap over these many decades between the ronald reagan who actually was president and the ronald reagan that they think they're following. >> the bombing of the marine bar racks during reagan and he just retreated. ari, 13 days is going to go so fast. where do you think
. >> ronald reagan did not do this. i served with ronald reagan. ronald reagan had a massive tax cut and it did not work he ended up raising taxes 11 times. ronald reagan did not do this. ronald reagan couldn't even be the standard bearer this time based on what he did. >> it is so true that ronald reagan could not possibly win the nomination this year among republicans since he actually raised taxes as governor and president. >> and would be hard even with his reputation now...
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it's such an insight into what ronald reagan was thinking when he was the president. newt gingrich is in there as a young congressman. it doesn't mean he didn't have solid conservative credentials when he was in the house or when he was the speaker. but his association with ronald reagan -- and he's even thrown in margaret thatcher on a couple of occasions -- does stretch the relationships that they probably had. >> and with dole, he called dole -- back in those days, the tax collector of the welfare state. i working in the senate occasionally with bob dole trying to reach compromises, he would mutter to us about gingrich and these horrible stresses he has with newt gingrich. >> newt gingrich has something to say about something 24 hours a day, seven days a week. when you get into a campaign like that, that's going to catch up with you. >> i want to go to how gingrich defended his relationship to ronald reagan in this debate tonight where it came up. let's go to gingrich on ronald reagan. >> it's increasingly interesting to watch the romney attack machine coordinate t
it's such an insight into what ronald reagan was thinking when he was the president. newt gingrich is in there as a young congressman. it doesn't mean he didn't have solid conservative credentials when he was in the house or when he was the speaker. but his association with ronald reagan -- and he's even thrown in margaret thatcher on a couple of occasions -- does stretch the relationships that they probably had. >> and with dole, he called dole -- back in those days, the tax collector of...
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ronald reagan was a great president. his legacy holds. >> it's slightly false to claim to be the sole inheriter. >> he didn't say that, nancy reagan said that. it's on video. you can watch it yourself. >> i've seen the video. she refers to mr. gingrich and members of congress, as you know. let's move on for a moment. >> who he was leading the republicans in the congress. >> let's move on. >> let's move on. >> there's some commentators, you've refused to answer specific questions. >> you asked me questions that i can't answer. we'll move on. >> some commentators who say that mr. gingrich's lie concerns the notion that he's an outsider and another lobbyist. you know that he was elected in 1979. he served for 20 years. he opens an office on k street. he consults for numerous companies. he claims to be an outsider. that, sir, has got to be false, hasn't it? >> no, it isn't. newt gingrich spent his whole career by being the anti-establishment. there's a reason the establishment doesn't like newt gingrich. they know if he's in
ronald reagan was a great president. his legacy holds. >> it's slightly false to claim to be the sole inheriter. >> he didn't say that, nancy reagan said that. it's on video. you can watch it yourself. >> i've seen the video. she refers to mr. gingrich and members of congress, as you know. let's move on for a moment. >> who he was leading the republicans in the congress. >> let's move on. >> let's move on. >> there's some commentators, you've refused to...
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they compare mitt romney to the republican challenger ronald reagan who came from behind in the polls to defeat a democratic president. now the romney team was banking on a bounce like ronald reagan got after the republican national convention. the chairman predicted a significant post convention bounce for the candidate. >> i think we're going to get a bump. we have a better opportunity for a bump as a challenging party so when people get to know mitt romney and get to know who he is and the decent man he is and his story of the american dream and his generosity, i can tell you that i think it's going to be real and visible. >> it's pretty clear things vice haven't worked out the way republicans hoped. there was no bounce for romney. and there's a substantial bounce for president obama out of their convention. in the new cnn poll taken after the democratic national convention, president obama leads mitt romney among likely voters by six points. republican pollsters have the president with a similar lead in its latest poll. mitt romney's reagan plan didn't work. now it's time to bring
they compare mitt romney to the republican challenger ronald reagan who came from behind in the polls to defeat a democratic president. now the romney team was banking on a bounce like ronald reagan got after the republican national convention. the chairman predicted a significant post convention bounce for the candidate. >> i think we're going to get a bump. we have a better opportunity for a bump as a challenging party so when people get to know mitt romney and get to know who he is and...
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ronald reagan spent almost a year near santa barbara. those trips were a top down directive. in her book "reagan: an american story" adriana bosh talked about something earlier in their time at the white house. deever found the president doing inspecting his schedule which the president lamented didn't include ranch time. deever said that was because of the press being critical of his time outside of washington. his answer. you can tell me a lot of things and i'll do them. but you're not going to tell me the more i get to the ranch. i'm convinced the more auch often i get to the ranch the longer i live. i'm going to the ranch. you can put it in there now. being on vacation doesn't mean the same thing to a president or presidential candidate to the rest of us fop have the job is to always be plugged in or ready to take a call or make a decision. the black briefcase with the launch codes never more than a few feet away from a president. which is why no one should begrudge mitt romney jet skiing or the president golfing. the health of the country is in some part a function of th
ronald reagan spent almost a year near santa barbara. those trips were a top down directive. in her book "reagan: an american story" adriana bosh talked about something earlier in their time at the white house. deever found the president doing inspecting his schedule which the president lamented didn't include ranch time. deever said that was because of the press being critical of his time outside of washington. his answer. you can tell me a lot of things and i'll do them. but you're...
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this goes back to ronald reagan's era when everybody saw the same welfare queen. you remember her. she had a cadillac, food stamps, bought cognac and potato chips and showed up in every conservative neighborhood in america. >> now when you -- let me show you the breakdown of what you said. 47% children. these are people on food stamps. 8% seniors. 41% working families. people that work. and just can't make ends meet. now when you look at the breakdown of food stamp recipients by race, 36% white. 22% african-american. 10% hispanic. african-americans and hispanics are also disproportionately unemployed and disproportion atly beyond the poverty line which means they'd need services more. but mr. gingrich and santorum didn't say i'm going to tell everybody that they should want a job and not be satisfied. they singled out blacks. but when you and i raise a response, we're playing the race card. we're reacting to it. >> the reason this hit it is because the manufacturing base was destroyed in our communities. we know this for a fact. a favorable tax credit for companies that took these
this goes back to ronald reagan's era when everybody saw the same welfare queen. you remember her. she had a cadillac, food stamps, bought cognac and potato chips and showed up in every conservative neighborhood in america. >> now when you -- let me show you the breakdown of what you said. 47% children. these are people on food stamps. 8% seniors. 41% working families. people that work. and just can't make ends meet. now when you look at the breakdown of food stamp recipients by race, 36%...
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ronald reagan starting in his campaign in 1976 and onward often referred to a welfare queen who collected checks under multiple aliases. let's listen to him. >> in chicago a couple of years back they found a woman who was getting checks under 127 different names. >> on the campaign trail in 1976, reagan vilified "the strapping young buck" on food stamps. the "new york times" reported it this way. at an overflow rally in ft. lauderdale he said working people were outraged when they waited on lines in grocery store checkout counters while a "strapping young buck" ahead of them purchased t-bone steaks with food stamps. the reporter pointed out this specific language was tailored to the southern audience, writing the ex-governor was using the grocery line illustration before. in states like new hampshire never used the expression "young buck" before, which to whites in the south generally denotes a large black man. when david duke ran for governor of louisiana he too hit on welfare recipients in his campaign ad. let's listen to that. >> i'll make welfare recipients work for their checks, get
ronald reagan starting in his campaign in 1976 and onward often referred to a welfare queen who collected checks under multiple aliases. let's listen to him. >> in chicago a couple of years back they found a woman who was getting checks under 127 different names. >> on the campaign trail in 1976, reagan vilified "the strapping young buck" on food stamps. the "new york times" reported it this way. at an overflow rally in ft. lauderdale he said working people were...
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but then ronald reagan was anything but kan dcandid with t american people on the minings of the harbors in nicaragua. every president, every single one of them from george washington on has failed to be candid with the american people about something, or about many things. without, without ever having the legitimacy of his presidency challenged. this is the first president who has suffered a challenge to his legitimacy, from a bloviating ignoramus. newt gingrich knows that he is right about him being an ignoramous. newt gingrich is afraid to say that. how do we know that newt gingrich is afraid to say that. >> no, i'm not afraid. i just know it's hopeless to suggest anything to him about what he should do. >> it couldn't be newt is afraid. it's just not newt is one for hopeless quests like trying to get donald trump to change his mind or, you know, running for president. he is a practical man who would never get caught trying to do something hopeless. we will be in tampa as the nominee in august. >> and newt thinks there isn't a whiff of racism in anything donald trump says about presid
but then ronald reagan was anything but kan dcandid with t american people on the minings of the harbors in nicaragua. every president, every single one of them from george washington on has failed to be candid with the american people about something, or about many things. without, without ever having the legitimacy of his presidency challenged. this is the first president who has suffered a challenge to his legitimacy, from a bloviating ignoramus. newt gingrich knows that he is right about...
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when ronald reagan said, there you go again, it was completely natural to him. as you know, chris, carter was right, he had opposed medicare at the start, but when reagan said, there you go again, it actually sort of discounted everything else that carter had said in that debate. so they've got to be organic, they've got to be natural, they've got to be real. i think everybody at least in the political class who has seen this report is going to be watching the debate to see if we can sort of tick off, oh, that was the prepared zinger. did he bring it off? >> oh, yeah. >> the other thing is he's not very good at this. i mean, you know, i know they don't want him to be spontaneous because he'll say the wrong thing, but delivering a prepared funny line seems to me to be one of the hardest tasks, probably even harder than telling us what's in his tax plan. >> as a journalist, joan, i want your view. suppose you're watching the debate, as we all will be, everybody is going to be watching wednesday night, and you see what is obviously a prefab zinger that doesn't even
when ronald reagan said, there you go again, it was completely natural to him. as you know, chris, carter was right, he had opposed medicare at the start, but when reagan said, there you go again, it actually sort of discounted everything else that carter had said in that debate. so they've got to be organic, they've got to be natural, they've got to be real. i think everybody at least in the political class who has seen this report is going to be watching the debate to see if we can sort of...
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ronald reagan. ronald reagan. ronald reagan. president reagan. >> but in his diaries, reagan mentioned gingrich only once. reagan criticized gingrich saying "newt's ideas would cripple our defense programs." on leadership and character, gingrich is no ronald reagan. >> last night, gingrich returned fire on the attack. >> governor romney was against ronald reagan. governor romney 1994 senate race he was opposed to going back to the reagan/bush policies. governor romney was giving money to democrats to suggest that governor romney is more reagan-like than i am is an act of total fantasy. >> the candidates were doing their best to play to the hometown florida crowd. some other remarks. >> could you be the first hispanic president? >> i would love to be able to convince people of that particular any a florida primary. i don't think people would think i was being honest with them if i said i was mexican-american but i appreciate it you would get that word out. >> by the end of my second term -- [ cheers and applausecha
ronald reagan. ronald reagan. ronald reagan. president reagan. >> but in his diaries, reagan mentioned gingrich only once. reagan criticized gingrich saying "newt's ideas would cripple our defense programs." on leadership and character, gingrich is no ronald reagan. >> last night, gingrich returned fire on the attack. >> governor romney was against ronald reagan. governor romney 1994 senate race he was opposed to going back to the reagan/bush policies. governor...
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nixon was better in the second, gerald ford came back, ronald reagan came back after the disaster. and one assumes that president obama is doing the homework to make sure it happens. >> so johnathan, giving what larry describes here, does this mean the president has to come back and do just a solid debate performance or does he have to blow the socks off this one? >> just a solid performance. you know, he does have a lead, he lost, at most, two points. one to two points out of this last week, so he is going to be going in at this next debate, unless something else happens, which is not likely. you know, with a four-point lead, possibly. so if he can just deliver a solid performance, he will be fine. the danger for him is over compensating. so they talked about al gore, when he was sighing, and demeanor was not good, gore over-compensated again in the third debate, so that is something that people who have had a poor debate performance have to worry about. >> larry, i want to ask you about this very quickly, the next debate style will be town hall. we talked about how the president
nixon was better in the second, gerald ford came back, ronald reagan came back after the disaster. and one assumes that president obama is doing the homework to make sure it happens. >> so johnathan, giving what larry describes here, does this mean the president has to come back and do just a solid debate performance or does he have to blow the socks off this one? >> just a solid performance. you know, he does have a lead, he lost, at most, two points. one to two points out of this...
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and as ronald reagan says, there you go again. the point is -- the point is they are still relying on that old discredited argument that a rising tide lifts all boats, which is to say that if the wealthy get money, then everybody will be uplifted. the truth of the matter is, as that study points out, that a rising tide really swamps just about everybody's votes but a few people. >> especially if your boat is already under water when you start rising. >> that's right. >> bob franken, cynthia tucker. thanks for your time tonight. >>> still ahead -- newt gingrich, the college years. turns out to be young newt didn't follow his own voice for working his way through school. >>> plus -- a top republicans and how they are making ugly statements about the president. what else is new? the gop rhetoric has crossed the line, though. and i'm responding tonight. where's dave? it's almost 10:00. should we get him up? i'll get him up. [ sizzling ] ♪ i think i hear something. hi dad. hi mom. [ female announcer ] oscar mayer bacon. it's naturall
and as ronald reagan says, there you go again. the point is -- the point is they are still relying on that old discredited argument that a rising tide lifts all boats, which is to say that if the wealthy get money, then everybody will be uplifted. the truth of the matter is, as that study points out, that a rising tide really swamps just about everybody's votes but a few people. >> especially if your boat is already under water when you start rising. >> that's right. >> bob...
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bush and ronald reagan. no, nominate the moderate. as we have seen, moderates do not have the best chance of winning. they're almost certain not to win. because they don't inspire with conviction. >> to that point, that new nbc news/wall street journal poll shows 28% americans have a favorable view of mitt romney. 39% unfavorable. at this point in the presidential race, sit worse than the last four nominees. mitt romney is facing a new round of attacks from conservatives over 2009 op ed where he called on president obama to adopt an individual health care mandate. he suggested the president could learn from the plan he enacted as governor of massachusetts. romney writing in part, first, we established incentives for those who were uninsured to buy insurance using tax penalties, as we did. that is a 2009 op ed written by mitt romney. he urged his rival to make a public apology for the massachusetts health care plan. later today, president obama will meet with benjamin netanyahu. yesterday president obama spoke to the pro-israel lobbyin
bush and ronald reagan. no, nominate the moderate. as we have seen, moderates do not have the best chance of winning. they're almost certain not to win. because they don't inspire with conviction. >> to that point, that new nbc news/wall street journal poll shows 28% americans have a favorable view of mitt romney. 39% unfavorable. at this point in the presidential race, sit worse than the last four nominees. mitt romney is facing a new round of attacks from conservatives over 2009 op ed...
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in ronald reagan went all the way to kansas city against ford, and ronald reagan ran again in 1980 and he was the conservative champion. he is partially right, but santorum and the people around the country have a right in may for kentucky, arkansas, or west virginia, there are still people in the process that still want to vote. we're not sure we are for romney, gingrich, or san tomorrow, and we have the right to vote. >> if santorum is successful, how does he go out after pennsylvania when there are a host of states where probably he would win. if you don't get out soon, it's another full month or two that this goes on. >> i think you're right about that. i think if you won pennsylvania, i don't think it would make that big of a deal because of the points you raised. and it is his home state, but i think he would be encouraged, and if he wanted to fight on for 2016, the longer he stays in the better he does. he is just not a ronald reagan figure. he is not on the cutting edge of change. i think at the end of this season we'll find that he continues to hurt the republicans and it's go
in ronald reagan went all the way to kansas city against ford, and ronald reagan ran again in 1980 and he was the conservative champion. he is partially right, but santorum and the people around the country have a right in may for kentucky, arkansas, or west virginia, there are still people in the process that still want to vote. we're not sure we are for romney, gingrich, or san tomorrow, and we have the right to vote. >> if santorum is successful, how does he go out after pennsylvania...
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ronald reagan, unemployment at 7.2. he handily was re-elected with an 18% cushion. now, gop candidates are now switching gears from iowa to three key votes as we know. jobs at the center of their messages. >> he's a job killer. and it's going to keep america from creating the jobs we need. you know, he said he wanted to create green jobs. he wants to give jobs to the people who gave him the green. >> next to vote, new hampshire voting at four days. their jobless rate is the fourth lowest in the country at 5.2% but with many small business owners there, jobs are on their mind. where religious conservativism was iowa, fiscal conservativism is new hampshire. south carolina next for you with a rate higher than the national average. you see right here 9.9. the state's governor championing romney as the candidate with strong economic experience. we'll see how that goes and with the boeing and bmw factory there you know manufacturing and you know nonunion jobs are important to that state. romney, in fact, airing an ad criticizing efforts to try to block boeing from moving
ronald reagan, unemployment at 7.2. he handily was re-elected with an 18% cushion. now, gop candidates are now switching gears from iowa to three key votes as we know. jobs at the center of their messages. >> he's a job killer. and it's going to keep america from creating the jobs we need. you know, he said he wanted to create green jobs. he wants to give jobs to the people who gave him the green. >> next to vote, new hampshire voting at four days. their jobless rate is the fourth...
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milt romney evoking ronald reagan. now "newsweek" i voted the -- david free lander, "newsweek's" political correspondent will take us who made the illustrious -- >> a progress sorry at yale surveyed ten of the most eminent presidential and imminent histo historians. >> also tight eisenhower, he helped create the middle class up to world war ii. it was really a matter of him ushering in the matter of prosperity. building the -- he had this air of prosperity in the 1950s. >> wasn't this build as an escape route for the atomic bomb? >> many, many politicians revere ronald reagan. they have admired that. along with many americans, what do you think is behind his popularity, ultimately? he was the president during a time of broadly shared prosperity in the 190s and he helped to usher in that prosperity. and as our story points out, he was a great communicator. >> also on the list, bill clinton, he made that big old splash in the dnc. why was his presidency such a success? >> i think it was him helping the democratic party.
milt romney evoking ronald reagan. now "newsweek" i voted the -- david free lander, "newsweek's" political correspondent will take us who made the illustrious -- >> a progress sorry at yale surveyed ten of the most eminent presidential and imminent histo historians. >> also tight eisenhower, he helped create the middle class up to world war ii. it was really a matter of him ushering in the matter of prosperity. building the -- he had this air of prosperity in the...
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but he's not a ronald reagan figure. i think at the end of this season we'll find he's hurt the republicans, and it's going to be a very tough general election for mitt romney. >> if mitt romney loses the general, robert, rick santorum says see, i told you so, he was too moderate. thank you to both. >>> up next, john mccain knows something about how not to pick a running mate. and he's got some advice for mitt romney. that's next in the "sideshow." you're watching "hardball." ♪ beth! hi! looking good. you've lost some weight. thanks. you noticed. these clothes are too big, so i'm donating them. how'd you do it? eating right -- whole grain. [ female announcer ] people who choose more whole grain tend to weigh less than those who don't. multi-grain cheerios -- 5 whole grains, 110 calories. creamy, dreamy peanut butter taste in a tempting new cereal. mmm! [ female announcer ] new multi-grain cheerios peanut butter. [ female announcer ] new multi-grain cheerios according to the signs, ford is having some sort of big tire e
but he's not a ronald reagan figure. i think at the end of this season we'll find he's hurt the republicans, and it's going to be a very tough general election for mitt romney. >> if mitt romney loses the general, robert, rick santorum says see, i told you so, he was too moderate. thank you to both. >>> up next, john mccain knows something about how not to pick a running mate. and he's got some advice for mitt romney. that's next in the "sideshow." you're watching...
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this worked great for ronald reagan in political terms. this was one of the main issues he rode to power on in the 1970s. even as people in his own party, even his own friends, saw what he was doing as disgusting and craven and bad for the country. quoting from a book about this chapter of history that i wrote, while william f. buckley and america's beloved tough guy, john wayne, yes that john wayne, campaigned full on for the rat faction of the treaty, reagan said the loss of the panama canal would contribute to encirclement of the united states by hostile naval forces and thereby threaten our ability to survive. even after john wayne sent reagan a private and personal note offering to show him point by goddamn point in the treaty where you are misinforming people and offering fair warning that's it's time for him to shut his pie hole, if you continue to publish these remarks, someone will release the letter saying that you're not as thorough in your reviewing of this or you're damned obtuse when it comes to reading the english language.
this worked great for ronald reagan in political terms. this was one of the main issues he rode to power on in the 1970s. even as people in his own party, even his own friends, saw what he was doing as disgusting and craven and bad for the country. quoting from a book about this chapter of history that i wrote, while william f. buckley and america's beloved tough guy, john wayne, yes that john wayne, campaigned full on for the rat faction of the treaty, reagan said the loss of the panama canal...
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"back to my dad's time, and ronald reagan's time. they got a lot of stuff done with a lot of bipartisan support, he said. reagan would be, quote, criticized for doing the things that he did." that earned jeb bush this response today from anti-tax enforcer and reagan worshipper, grover norquist. "there's a guy who watched his father throw away his presidency on a two to one ratio of spending cuts and tax increase promise, and he thinks he's sophisticated by saying that he'd take a ten to one promise. he doesn't understand, he's just agreed to walk down the sam alley his dad did with the same gang and he thinks he's smart. you walk down that alley, you don't come out." joining me now, msnbc's john heilemann and jonathan capehart. john heilemann, you wonder if the younger generation of republicans like some of these current governors understood what ronald reagan actually did as president, and the kind of compromises that he actually made with democrats. >> well, lawrence, some of them clearly do. governor bush understands exactly -- >>
"back to my dad's time, and ronald reagan's time. they got a lot of stuff done with a lot of bipartisan support, he said. reagan would be, quote, criticized for doing the things that he did." that earned jeb bush this response today from anti-tax enforcer and reagan worshipper, grover norquist. "there's a guy who watched his father throw away his presidency on a two to one ratio of spending cuts and tax increase promise, and he thinks he's sophisticated by saying that he'd take a...
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think about ronald reagan. jimmy carter had a lot of great lines in his debate with ronald reagan in the 1980 debate, but ronald reagan kept saying there you go again. in 1984 walter mondale was beating ronald reagan. but reagan said i'm not going to let age be a determining factor, because my opponent is younger than me and less experienced than me. he used humor and well-timed phrases make a big difference in these debates. >> chris, joe raises an interesting point, the same point that matthew dowd raised in a national journal piece. in preparing for the debates, romney and president obama needs to remember that judgments on winning or losing are much more stylistic than substantive. the public isn't interested in getting more detail-specific policy, but in getting pointers about people on stage. when debates have moved in the numbers in the past, it's been result the impressions, mannerisms, style. is it going to be all about style trumping substance? >> he's partly right. he debates especially when you see
think about ronald reagan. jimmy carter had a lot of great lines in his debate with ronald reagan in the 1980 debate, but ronald reagan kept saying there you go again. in 1984 walter mondale was beating ronald reagan. but reagan said i'm not going to let age be a determining factor, because my opponent is younger than me and less experienced than me. he used humor and well-timed phrases make a big difference in these debates. >> chris, joe raises an interesting point, the same point that...
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one of the donors asked romney about ronald reagan and the iran hostage crisis during the carter administration. some analysts think that the crisis helped reagan beat president carter. so the donor asked romney how he would demonstrate similar strength. here's romney's answer. >> in the jimmy carter election, the fact that we had hostages in -- in iran, i mean, that was all we talked about. and we had the two helicopters crash in the desert. i mean, that's -- that was -- that was the focus. and so him solving that made all the difference in the world. i'm afraid today if you simply got iran to agree to stand down on their nuclear weapons, they'd go, you know hold on. and if something of that nature presents itself, i will work to find a way to take advantage of the opportunity. >> take advantage of an opportunity. mitt romney said that he would take advantage of the opportunity if a foreign crisis came along. on september 11th, 2012, just last week, the opportunity did come along. this timeline, my friends, is key. at 6:17 a.m. eastern time, the cairo embassy put out a statement to try to calm
one of the donors asked romney about ronald reagan and the iran hostage crisis during the carter administration. some analysts think that the crisis helped reagan beat president carter. so the donor asked romney how he would demonstrate similar strength. here's romney's answer. >> in the jimmy carter election, the fact that we had hostages in -- in iran, i mean, that was all we talked about. and we had the two helicopters crash in the desert. i mean, that's -- that was -- that was the...
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bush or ronald reagan or bill clinton. those are the kinds of things that cause some concern. >> let's listen to george w. bush in 2002 talking how he believes people, everyone really deserves a chance. >> we believe that everyone deserves a chance. that everyone has value. that no insignificant person was ever born. we believe that all are diminished when any are hopeless. we are one people, committed to building a single nation of justice and opportunity. >> jonathan capeheart, in politics, it doesn't really matter how much a candidate like this believes these things in his heart when he's saying them. but to have the basic understanding that this is the accepted public approach to discussing the population of the united states of america seems to be something that every politician has known here literally for hundreds of years. and to have a guy go in front of an audience and say you know what? 47%, forget about them. >> who cares about them, screw them. what george w. bush did there is presidential. what barack obama d
bush or ronald reagan or bill clinton. those are the kinds of things that cause some concern. >> let's listen to george w. bush in 2002 talking how he believes people, everyone really deserves a chance. >> we believe that everyone deserves a chance. that everyone has value. that no insignificant person was ever born. we believe that all are diminished when any are hopeless. we are one people, committed to building a single nation of justice and opportunity. >> jonathan...
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. >> ronald reagan, part of this whole controversy right now is about people not paying taxes has to do with the earned income tax credit. conceived by republicans and promoted by ronald reagan who called it the best anti-poverty program we have. this was a conservative vision. is that not redistribution? >> well said. if you support redistribution -- if you support a progressive tax code and social security, medicare, public education, i mean, at their core if you support any taxation, it's all redistributed. >> you're all right. >> it's just a word. >> you can sort of explain it away a little bit, but i think what the ad is trying to get at is -- they didn't have to go back 14 years. it's in black and white in this administration and the on the last campaign trail in 2008 is the broader idea that obama thinks you can be too wealthy. you can be too successful. i think that cuts to the heart of his economic policies. >> i'm still waiting for that clip to come out. >> at a certain point you shouldn't make money? that's shocking. >> we'll see that clip. >> anyway, this hour hillary cli
. >> ronald reagan, part of this whole controversy right now is about people not paying taxes has to do with the earned income tax credit. conceived by republicans and promoted by ronald reagan who called it the best anti-poverty program we have. this was a conservative vision. is that not redistribution? >> well said. if you support redistribution -- if you support a progressive tax code and social security, medicare, public education, i mean, at their core if you support any...
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ronald reagan's legacy is causing a bit of fracture in the gop as party leaders debate what role the herolded republican president would play today. jeb bush is taking flack for saying republicans today have moved too far right for reagan to be accepted in the party. meanwhile, this morning, tim pawlenty said mitt romney embodies reagan's principles. >> say the republican party currently wouldn't endorse ronald reagan or something like that, we just nominated mitt romney or presumptively nominated mitt romney, who is in the reagan tradition, a conservative with a conservative record, governed effectively in a blue state, working across the aisle, somebody who has produced results. >> but as republicans make comparisons
ronald reagan's legacy is causing a bit of fracture in the gop as party leaders debate what role the herolded republican president would play today. jeb bush is taking flack for saying republicans today have moved too far right for reagan to be accepted in the party. meanwhile, this morning, tim pawlenty said mitt romney embodies reagan's principles. >> say the republican party currently wouldn't endorse ronald reagan or something like that, we just nominated mitt romney or presumptively...
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you mentioned ronald reagan. ronald reagan did more than stop talking about jim write carter. he raised taxes 11 times. you are talking about cutting taxes in the small businessman 11 times, ronald reagan raised taxes. so what -- where do you use reagan and then come with this tax cut or kind of mantra over and over again as if reagan did not raise taxes when it was necessary? >> the first place, 1981, reagan passed what was at that time by a big margin the largest tax cut in american history. remember, when reagan was sworn into office the top marginal rate was 70%. so the tax cuts reagan put in by time he left office and at the top rate was 39%. so those -- huge drop in tax rates. and all of small taxes increases you are talking about were tiny compared to the 1918 tax cut. in that sense, it is fair to say reagan was committed to a supply side approach of lower taxes and more job creation. >> but he raised the taxes 11 times mr. speaker. that's a fact. >> most of those were very small tax increases. let me give you an example. i was in atlanta yesterday. and i was out at the
you mentioned ronald reagan. ronald reagan did more than stop talking about jim write carter. he raised taxes 11 times. you are talking about cutting taxes in the small businessman 11 times, ronald reagan raised taxes. so what -- where do you use reagan and then come with this tax cut or kind of mantra over and over again as if reagan did not raise taxes when it was necessary? >> the first place, 1981, reagan passed what was at that time by a big margin the largest tax cut in american...